Earlier, it was reported that the Russian Federation Investigation Committee announced on June 5, 20165438 that it had arrested Ulyukayev, Minister of Economic Development, on the evening of 14, accusing him of taking bribes of 2 million US dollars (about13.7 million RMB) from an energy enterprise acquisition. According to Reuters, Ulyukayev is the highest-ranking Russian official arrested since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Investigators set a trap to capture the current situation.
Ulyukayev 20 13 became Minister of Economic Development. As the criminal case investigation organ directly under the jurisdiction of the President, the Russian Federal Investigation Commission said in a statement that when Rosneft, a state-owned enterprise, previously acquired 50% of the shares of another energy company, the Ministry of Economic Development headed by Ulyukayev made a "positive evaluation" of the transaction, which was equivalent to a green light, and he was suspected of obtaining a "benefit fee" from it.
Rosneft bought the shares of Bashi Oil Company for 330 billion rubles (about 5 billion US dollars) in June 20 16.
A law enforcement agency source told RIA Novosti that Ulyukayev has been the target of investigators for more than a year, and investigators have obtained "very important evidence" by monitoring the phone calls of Ulyukayev and his colleagues.
Russian media reported that in order to make Ulyukayev "show the fox's tail", investigators set a trap and caught Ulyukayev red-handed when he took bribes on the evening of 14.
According to the Federal Investigation Commission, Ulyukayev demanded bribes from Russian oil executives by threats. Ulyukayev's lawyer said that he thought he was in "fishing law enforcement".
Putin dismisses Minister of Economy and Development
Peskov, press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that Putin knew about it when he started investigating Ulyukayev.
Peskov 2016165438+10 15 said that Putin signed a presidential decree that day and dismissed Ulyukayev.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's office issued a statement saying that Medvedev and Putin discussed the matter, and Medvedev believed that the investigation of the case needed to be "extremely serious and cautious".
Petrenko, Acting Director of the Media Department of the Investigation Committee, said that this institution has filed a criminal case against Ulyukayev and will institute criminal proceedings against him because he violated the relevant provisions of the Russian Criminal Law and extorted and accepted huge bribes as a state official.
Sputnik reported that once Ulyukayev is convicted, he may be sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.
However, Petrenko stressed that the acquisition procedure of Bashi Oil Company is still legal and the transaction is "not the object of criminal investigation".
The Tass news agency quoted Leontev, a spokesman for Rosneft, as saying that Rosneft believed that the purchase of Bashi oil shares was risk-free and the transaction was "fair and reasonable".
Want to systematically eradicate power corruption
Aksakov, chairman of the Financial Market Committee of the Russian State Duma (the lower house of parliament), was "very surprised" by Ulyukayev's alleged bribery, and thought it was a serious accusation, hoping that "everything could be done objectively". He said that the Financial Market Committee will continue its daily work and will not stop interacting with the Ministry of Economic Development.
Aksakov said at that time that this was a systematic work to eradicate corruption in power institutions, and in recent years it has become the route of order rectification. The governor and mayor were arrested before.